Ghana Helicopter Crash: 8 Killed, Including Defence And Environment Ministers | World News

Eight people, including two services, a former minister and the National Security Advisor, died in a helicopter accident in Ghana. At a press conference, the Chief of General Staff Julius Debb, Defense Minister Edward Oman Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murdala Muhammad confirmed that the incident was among those killed.

Among those who died, Ghana’s National Security Coordinator and former Minister of Agriculture Alhaji Muniru Moniru Mohammed, and Samuel Sarpong, the vice president of the ruling National Democratic Congress Party, Samuel Sarpong.

Ghana Defense Minister Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Murtala Muhammad spent a helicopter accident. pic.twitter.com/x5rnpiq7vl– African realities zone (@Africafactszone) 6 August 2025

The aircraft got up from the capital Accra in the local time and was going to Obuasi City for a national event. Soon after the Ghana Armed Forces, three crew members and five passengers, the plane, said that the aircraft disappeared from the radar. No information has yet been received about how this accident took place. The Chief of General Staff ordered to fly the flags of the country on half a pole. President John Dramani Mahama and the government on behalf of the ‘country’s service to the soldiers who died’ expressed condolences.

Ghana is a democratic and developing country in West Africa. His capital Accra. Here, 70 percent of people are Christian, 18 percent are Muslims. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ghana in early July. During this time, PM Modi was awarded Ghana’s greatest honor.